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(...) Thanks! :) (...) Smelly Ogres have horrible athlete's foot! ;-) In lugnet.castle, Leonard Hoffman wrote: (...) LOL, thanks! Part III is coming soon! :) In lugnet.castle, Bruce Hietbrink wrote: (...) I considered putting a Studios scared face (...) (21 years ago, 1-Mar-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.fun, FTX)
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Hi All, Here's a new MOC I made: (URL) PLMKWYT! (URL) Nathan Wells (URL) (21 years ago, 2-Mar-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !
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(...) What's wrong with enjoying both? Allister (21 years ago, 2-Mar-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.space, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Don't know! But the rivalry is there (a friendly one, of course). Don't take this too seriously Allister. It's meant as a humor confrontation. My whole website is about humor and LEGO. Terry (URL) (21 years ago, 2-Mar-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.space, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Well, the main problem I find is that the Castle-related elements in my collection (prefab walls/roofs, bows, flags, barrels, flames) are so much less versatile than the Space-related ones (e.g. wings, laser guns, windscreens, radar dishes) (...) (21 years ago, 2-Mar-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.space, lugnet.general, FTX)
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IndyLUG participated in the Parent & Child Exposition this past weekend (Feb. 28-29) at the Indiana State Fairgrounds. Part of our setup included a medieval themed layout. All of the medieval pictures can be seen on Brickshelf here: (URL) Medieval (...) (21 years ago, 2-Mar-04, to lugnet.org.us.indylug, lugnet.castle, lugnet.events, lugnet.loc.us.in.ind, FTX)
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Finally I am pleased to announce (URL) Minifig.co.uk>v2 Hopefully the new site is easier to navigate (and looks better). Its certainly easier to update, which will hopefully lead to more regular content (no promises tho). The site has been designed (...) (21 years ago, 2-Mar-04, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.castle, lugnet.people, FTX) !
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(...) It's funny you mention barrels in the .castle category, nowadays, we see barrels as reactors on space ships quite often. As for the prefab walls, you are right, they do serve mainly to create structures, but big engines can't be used in (...) (21 years ago, 2-Mar-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.space, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) I've used castle walls on a spaceship. (URL) Turn 'em on their side.> (...) I contend that themewise, there are no specialised parts. Admittedly some parts get used more than others, but any part has the potential to be used in any theme. (...) (21 years ago, 2-Mar-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.space, FTX)
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(...) Well, I didn't invent the rivalry. Even the AFOL comic by Greg Hyland talks about it! It's funny too, because I planned on doing this "fight" a month ago and the comic came out last week. It was a nice coincidence. Hmmm... Maybe another time. (...) (21 years ago, 3-Mar-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.space)
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(...) I'd grant the point on the prefab walls (though Allister has a great use in the thread below), but personally I never use those for castles. My structures tend to be all about basic bricks and plates, add in some slopes and arches and a few (...) (21 years ago, 3-Mar-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.space, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Can you imagine a StuWars between .train and... hmmm.... ? That's the thing here. There's a rivalry between .space and .castle that I can't explain, that I don't fully understand, but it's there. People laugh about it, people make jokes, etc. (...) (21 years ago, 3-Mar-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.space, lugnet.general)
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(...) Bionicle vs Galidor? (21 years ago, 3-Mar-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.space, lugnet.general)
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(...) That'd be awfully one-sided. However misguided they may be, there are some people that actually like Bionicle. Wait until the big Rainbow Knights hit U.S. shelves this summer. They might be a better contender than Galidor. (But then, the same (...) (21 years ago, 3-Mar-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.castle)
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(...) So what do you guys think of these? -Galidor vs. Jack Stone -Bionicle vs. Knights (big fellows) -Minifigs vs. Jack Stone (not in a popularity contest, but rather in a royal rumble wrestling match) -Bricks vs. Plates Keep in mind that the (...) (21 years ago, 3-Mar-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.castle)
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In lugnet.castle, Terry Prosper wrote: snip (...) Well, it occurs to me that both Castle and Space are more battle-oriented than Town and Train, so it's a natural fit. Weapons seek weapons. There is also a greater fantasy element in Castle and (...) (21 years ago, 3-Mar-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.space, lugnet.general)
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In lugnet.general, Terry Prosper wrote: snip (...) snip Okay, here's one. Racers vs Trains - coming soon to level crossings everywhere. Peace and inner childishness, Professor Whateverly (21 years ago, 3-Mar-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.castle)
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In the last act before their disassembly, my four dragons had a poker game: (URL) The entire post-mod gallery can be found (URL) HERE>. Enjoy! --Anthony NOTE: Not all the dragons will be or have been disassembled. The large red dragon, Formeathan (...) (21 years ago, 3-Mar-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, lugnet.fun, FTX) !!
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(...) Haha that's hilarious! I'll see your two white horses with royal knight barding, and raise you 5 forestmen! -Bryan (21 years ago, 3-Mar-04, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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(...) Classic! (...) Good luck with those plans. Definetly sounds interesting. e (21 years ago, 4-Mar-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, lugnet.fun, FTX)
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Hmm, something's fishy here. The black dragon has five aces! I foresee some serious flames if he gets caught. Bruce (21 years ago, 4-Mar-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, lugnet.fun, FTX)
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Here is the third installment of my alphabet project. Every village needs a carpenter, and this one specializes in making fine furniture and housing necessities. Here is the folder: (URL) Front: (2 URLs) Back: (4 URLs) Interior: (3 URLs) Cart: (URL) (...) (21 years ago, 4-Mar-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.announce.moc) !!
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(...) (URL) HERE>. (...) This really made me smile... Good Stuff!!! Oh, and i'm happy you're keepin' Formeanthan together, she's my fav'. --==Richard==-- (21 years ago, 4-Mar-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, lugnet.fun, FTX)
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Very cool indeed James. The outside stairs and balcony is very effective and nicely seperates the working part of the house from the living area. I like a lot (21 years ago, 4-Mar-04, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) windows, of the staris embeded in the wall. Very slick. The cart is also very cleverly designed with the strings and bands. Inspiring! Terry (URL) (21 years ago, 4-Mar-04, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) What !? You want to say it's NOT real? I believe that about .castle, but space? You serious? /\/\ark "next you gonna say the minifig isn't realy alive!" de Kock (21 years ago, 4-Mar-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.space, lugnet.general)
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(...) 'nuff said! ;-) James Wilson Dallas, TX (21 years ago, 4-Mar-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.space, FTX)
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(...) Also... I think the Trains war is an inner-struggle... 6-wide v. 8-wide... and should I dare include 4-wide (monorail). But until we hear Darth Vader say, "Harry, I'm your father," the showdown of the century is going to be between Ogel and (...) (21 years ago, 4-Mar-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.space, lugnet.general, FTX)
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Hi all, Could someone tell me who built these MOCs? Orthanc: (URL) Doom: (URL) like to link them off my page of Tolkien MOC links: (URL) do they have a specific website or Brickshelf gallery that I could link to? Thanks, Bruce (21 years ago, 4-Mar-04, to lugnet.org.us.indylug, lugnet.castle)
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Both of those MOCs are the fine work of Jeramy Spurgeon of IndyLUG fame. I'm not sure about the linking, Jeramy will have to answer that. The castle themed layout he orchastrated this past weekend was outstanding. Check out the Indylug post from (...) (21 years ago, 4-Mar-04, to lugnet.org.us.indylug, lugnet.castle)
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(...) I can explain it. It derives from the literary rivalry between fantasy and sci-fi. The fantasy nerds and sci-fi nerds have always each been claiming superiority over the others' literary genre. I remember the second-last time I bought a sci-fi (...) (21 years ago, 5-Mar-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.space, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) I don't think I've ever personally experienced that. Maybe it's a result of coming from a more enlightened geekdom that embraces both (and sometimes combines them). Might come from growing up on Pern novels (which, ironically, the local (...) (21 years ago, 5-Mar-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.space, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Not to take anything away from whoever built that Orthanc, but WOW, you should see the Orthanc this guy Ersh777 made! (URL) (21 years ago, 5-Mar-04, to lugnet.org.us.indylug, lugnet.castle)
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In lugnet.castle, David Laswell wrote: snip (...) Allegedly there is a movie based on the Chronicles of Narnia in the works, as well as an Ender's Game movie. -Daniel Rubin (21 years ago, 5-Mar-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.space, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) lit Palantír in it. (A hush of respect falls over the crowd.) (21 years ago, 5-Mar-04, to lugnet.org.us.indylug, lugnet.castle)
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ya know, for years people have been telling me to set my robots up like this. Its good to see you do this, (as I've said). In directly flattery to you, you you mind if I set my Little Bots up like this and do a shoot? e (21 years ago, 5-Mar-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, lugnet.fun)
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(...) Ender's Game?!?!? Ooh, ooh! *drool* Of course, they've been "going to do" something with Pern for years now, and it keeps falling to the wayside. Besides, the problem they'd have with doing the Ender series is that they wouldn't need to get (...) (21 years ago, 5-Mar-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.space, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) snip (...) (URL) pretty excited about this too, but it's probably a few years away from the screen. It looks like they've only aquired the right's to Ender's Game and Ender's Shadow, and combining them to make one film. Um. Getting a bit OT. (...) (21 years ago, 5-Mar-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.space, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Bicentennial Man was (not faithfully) adapted from Asimov's short story of the same name, as well as his novel The Positronic Man. Supposedly there are talks of doing something with Asimov's Foundation series, and I Robot is currently filming (...) (21 years ago, 5-Mar-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.space, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Hi Bruce!, Yes, I built these creations for our castle layout at the Children's and Parents Expo held here in Indianapolis, Feb 28th-29th. My brickshelf folder can be found here: (URL) can also take better pictures of orthanc, but alas, Mt. (...) (21 years ago, 5-Mar-04, to lugnet.org.us.indylug, lugnet.castle)
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(...) I'm greeting this update with a huge saltlick. The Ender's Game movie has been stuck in about the same spot as it is now for at least 6 years. I recall looking up details on it back in grad school, and seeing basically the same information (...) (21 years ago, 5-Mar-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.space, lugnet.general, FTX)
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In lugnet.castle, Mark Sandlin wrote about some scifi stories being made into movies. (...) I've heard that Douglas Adams's "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" is being made into a movie, but apparently it has fallen into the same black hole. (...) (21 years ago, 5-Mar-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.space, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Hmmm.... You may have a good idea there... The baddest LEGO villain.... Ogel, Sam Sinister, Jack Stone... :-) Terry (URL) (21 years ago, 5-Mar-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.space, lugnet.general, FTX)
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nope, its very much back in production. They have been casting for it the last few months, filming starts next month (URL) James Stacey ------ www.minifig.co.uk Lugnet Member #925 I'm a citizen of Legoland travellin' Incommunicado "Andrew" (...) (21 years ago, 5-Mar-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.space, lugnet.general)
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(...) I wouldn't describe LOTR as the best trilogy in history. Not even second. To me, the original SW trilogy is superior. I'd also put the Godfather trilogy ahead, even though it's far from the topics discussed here. And, oh, and Back to the (...) (21 years ago, 5-Mar-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.space, lugnet.general)
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(...) with the original cast from the TV show. Too bad Rimmer's like 45 now. I saw the guy who played Lister hosting some robot battle show a few years ago, and he still looks pretty young, so there is hope. -Dan Rubin (21 years ago, 5-Mar-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.space, lugnet.general)
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"Daniel Rubin" <hppyweasel@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:Hu4229.D1A@lugnet.com... (...) the (...) stick (...) saw the (...) he (...) yup, apart from thats Red Dwarf, not Hitch Hikers Guide Red Dwarf starts filming down under in May (21 years ago, 5-Mar-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.space, lugnet.general)
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(...) Boy my reading comprehension skills are fantastic! I'll just chalk this one up to having started spring break last night and something to do with the Law Review Right on. I hope that the Hitchhiker's Guide movie is better than the BBC series. (...) (21 years ago, 5-Mar-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.space, lugnet.general)
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(...) Ah, the old "didn't get" it trump card. What about those of us who did get it (and paid to see it in the theater!) but still didn't like it? 8^) It was cool to see Henry Rollins as a streetdoc, though. And the monofilament whip was nifty... (...) (21 years ago, 5-Mar-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.space, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Did anyone ever see the British TV serial version? I thought it was "charming" is the only word I can think of. It did seem to me to catch the essence of books, even if it ended oddly. I particularly liked the way it switched between the story (...) (21 years ago, 5-Mar-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.space, lugnet.general)
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(...) No, man, by all means! I always get a kick out of those who have fun with their MOCs outside their theme (and outside LEGO bricks as well). Joe Meno comes to mind when he was over here for the Houston SciBrick event. He seemed to have a good (...) (21 years ago, 5-Mar-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, lugnet.fun)
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(...) Snip (...) Hey //ark, Me? Serious? Yes and no... The fantasy element is very real, but by that I mean that if you can imagine it and build it then it becomes real. There is a vast stock of inspiration out there in books and movies for Castle (...) (21 years ago, 5-Mar-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.space, lugnet.general, FTX)
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In lugnet.castle, Daniel Rubin wrote: snip (...) Apropos of much of this thread, I'm just glad when a movie resembles the book it was based on at all. John LeCarré once said: "Watching your novel being made into a movie is like watching your oxen (...) (21 years ago, 5-Mar-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.space, lugnet.general)
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(...) Well, what about you? I'm not trying to say it's a great movie that was just misunderstood by the general public. It's a hokey corny movie that was misunderstood. I don't think the average moviegoer knew what 75% of the stuff in the movie was (...) (21 years ago, 5-Mar-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.space, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Easy there, Admiral! Just making a jest at the expense of Canoe. (...) I'll buy that--it's not as if there'd been a whole lot of mainstream film exposure to cyberwear by the time that JM was released. (...) Fair enough. I also like the actor (...) (21 years ago, 5-Mar-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.space, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Not true. Choose not to, most of the time, perhaps, but "can't"??? I don't THINK so! Ask Shaun Sullivan about use of his German rail mounted BFG in a Brickwars scenario... Or ask me, I played with some of the BLOC at Adrian Drake's house and (...) (21 years ago, 5-Mar-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.space, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) If they bugger this up, someone will have to die. (...) Too bad, I could see it being really cool. Hopefully it'll get moving again. What I want to see is a film version of Cherryh's Cyteen, or maybe Tripoint. 40K In Gehenna would be cool, (...) (21 years ago, 5-Mar-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.space, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) We don't get a lot of that around here, Just Johnny. (I'll be seeing Henry Rollins Spoken Word here in Seattle next week. :D ) (...) Udo Kier (URL) is your friend. :) -Grand Admiral .space Curator (URL) (21 years ago, 5-Mar-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.space, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) My friend has it in DVD and I'll probably be seeing it very soon. I'm reading the books right now and I'm afraid of what the movie will be like. Considering the actors that are in it, I'm pretty sure it will be horribly bad. (21 years ago, 6-Mar-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.space, lugnet.general)
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(...) Sure, why not. I think I know who to ask for ACES! But where did he palm that 5th one from, that's s what I want to know... This series of pics is hilarious, very well done. Kinda reminded me of the "dogs playing poker" paintings we all have (...) (21 years ago, 6-Mar-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, lugnet.fun)
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(...) I read a script once of a proposed movie based upon Isaac Asimov's short stories that never got to filming. The explanation was that Asimov's stories are very adult, concerning deeper issues and themes than most Hollywood sci-fi. (...) (21 years ago, 6-Mar-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.space, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) I'm right there with you, man. I felt the same way about Hudson Hawk. It's so incredibly hokey it's good. Allister (21 years ago, 6-Mar-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.space, lugnet.general, FTX)
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The fourth installment of the alphabet project is here. It is a dueling ring where knights can compete. It can stand alone, or be hooked into a castle wall. Here is the folder: (URL) The crowd is assembling: (URL) Getting refreshments: (URL) Here (...) (21 years ago, 6-Mar-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.announce.moc)
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Hello James, it's a very nice concept, fun to watch, and I presume, even more fun to build. And as far as I know, highly original as well! Good job, very inspiring. I'm looking forward to see your other 'letters'! Thanks and happy building, Daan (21 years ago, 6-Mar-04, to lugnet.castle)
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Ken C. has built my Tower Gatehouse with real bricks! He followed the instructions very well. I think it looks great. You can all see pictures here: (URL) Ben E. (21 years ago, 7-Mar-04, to lugnet.castle, FTX) !!
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Dear Lords, Today is a great day ! The level 2 of the Deep is now open to you. A new big adventure ! With the level 2 come a lot of new things : - 2 new monsters, the "barbarian" and the "evil paladin", - 2 new potions, "invulnerability" and (...) (21 years ago, 7-Mar-04, to lugnet.gaming, lugnet.castle)
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(URL) I picked this up in a grab bag at the LEGO store in Orlando. Peeron doesn't have this piece listed. The number on the part is 45405. -Orion (21 years ago, 7-Mar-04, to lugnet.build, lugnet.castle, lugnet.town, FTX)
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(...) This looks like a candidate: (URL) Maggie C. (21 years ago, 7-Mar-04, to lugnet.build, lugnet.castle, lugnet.town, FTX)
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(...) the 'natural LEGO enhacement' I was impressed by the disclaimer "not to take anything away from whoever built that Orthanc". This isn't just a hobby, but an unspoken competition to build the biggest Orthanc or suffer the public humiliation of (...) (21 years ago, 8-Mar-04, to lugnet.org.us.indylug, lugnet.castle)
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(...) seemed? I had a blast! That was the first time that the .Space Paparazzi got to visit another place, and it was a LOT of fun...except for the various things that weren't to keen on getting pix taken. Musta been the nuclear flash:) Anyhoo, I (...) (21 years ago, 8-Mar-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, lugnet.fun, FTX)
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(...) In looking at the "Parable of the harsh master" that BPS just posted I saw this pic (URL) wondering if that is of any use. As in I wonder if tiles will fit between those diagonally turned 1x1s and be held tightly enough to work out... the gaps (...) (21 years ago, 8-Mar-04, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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(...) FTX messed up the URL: (URL) (21 years ago, 8-Mar-04, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) The gaps are just a tiny bit wider than the thickness of a tile, as mentioned in (URL) Manfred's post> nearly a month ago. The 1x1 tiles are laid out in pretty much the same pattern as Manfred's headlight brick idea, or my 3-stud 1x1 brick or (...) (21 years ago, 8-Mar-04, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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(...) Denix, That's terrific! Darn, now I'm never going to get any work done today... Looks like I dropped a few ranks in the list too. :) Great work, -Mike (21 years ago, 8-Mar-04, to lugnet.gaming, lugnet.castle, FTX)
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(...) Back in the early '80s I actually wrote Douglas Adams a letter talking about how much I liked the books (I think just two were out then) he had written. He wrote back, telling me he was working on getting a movie of HHGTTG made and that there (...) (21 years ago, 8-Mar-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.space, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) I never knew it had a one-piece roof... Ugh! Saskia (21 years ago, 8-Mar-04, to lugnet.build, lugnet.castle, lugnet.town)
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Hi all, As you might already seen, me and Ben been changing the sidebar of .Castle this past weekend and we really wanted to know what you all think. If you have any comments, suggestions etc. about what we can add/change please let us know (URL) (...) (21 years ago, 8-Mar-04, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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(...) Hey, It looks great. I especially like the new banners you've made for "projects" and "news". A couple of suggestions: 1. The first two items in the sidebar--the "castle" banner and the shield--are sort of wasted space. These basically just (...) (21 years ago, 8-Mar-04, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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(...) What The Other Bruce said, and I believe the weapons should be crossed behind the shield, not in front of it. -->Bruce<-- (21 years ago, 9-Mar-04, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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| | Handgunners
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Normally I just post this kind of stuff to C-C, but since the last picture has some cross-over to pirates, I thought I would post it here, too. These are three different versions of medieval handgunners I have made. There is a tendancy to think of (...) (21 years ago, 9-Mar-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.pirates, FTX)
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(...) "I'll torture you so slowly you'll think it's a career." Man, if they'd ditched Bruce and Andie for a pair of well-cast comedy actors, they would have had a kick-arse movie going there. At least they had the good sense to put Richard E. Grant (...) (21 years ago, 9-Mar-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.space, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Actually, the monofilament whip was a HUGE letdown for me - in fact, given that everyone else I knew had already seen the movie and told me not to see it because it was crap, I went in with very low expectations for the movie as whole, and on (...) (21 years ago, 9-Mar-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.space, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Absolutely! It adds much more colour to the medieval battlefield... and a misfiring gun is so much more entertaining than a misfiring bow! (URL) (...) These look great! I think the next time my medieval brikwars army has an outing, they'll (...) (21 years ago, 9-Mar-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.pirates, FTX)
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(...) Look just beyond the handgunners in the photo and you'll note my own Pikemen have beat you to the punch (preparing for a Lowlands vs, France Days of Knights battle). :-) (...) I thought about doing it in black, but I have lots more brown ones (...) (21 years ago, 9-Mar-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.pirates, FTX)
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You two guys are too much, super job. I will need some of these units. (...) ARRRGGGGHHHHH!!!! Cutting Lego! Modifyng what few muskets that are left out there! The handgunners look great and I will need some pikemen units for my troops. (21 years ago, 9-Mar-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.pirates, FTX)
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(...) I haven't counted, but I must have close to 300 muskets - I can spare a few of the more dinged-up ones for experiments. Especially since my pyrates can still use the end result. -->Bruce<-- (21 years ago, 9-Mar-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.pirates, FTX)
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(...) Hi Bruce, thanks for you comments (...) OK, I shrinked them together so they'll take less space (...) Fixed (...) Added (...) True but I really need to start gathering the entire database for that so we'll see about that. Thanks very much for (...) (21 years ago, 10-Mar-04, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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(...) Hi Bruce, thanks for your comment. The shield, spears and lances symbol is scanned from LEGO official 1990 catalog and I put it as is. (URL) Yaron "Webrain" Dori (21 years ago, 10-Mar-04, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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| | COLTC will display at the Greenberg Train, Toy, and hobby Show, March 13-14, Columbus, Ohio
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COLTC will have a 30 x 30 foot layout at the Greenberg Train, Toy, and Hobby Show. We have designed a segmented L-shape layout, and will have no less than 4 loops of running trains (1 loop is way over 100 feet long!!) and 3 monorail trains, and (...) (21 years ago, 10-Mar-04, to lugnet.events, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.town, lugnet.castle, lugnet.loc.us.oh) !
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| | Twin Wizards Dark Tower
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Check out our latest MOC from our (3 URLs) ACPin & Sons (21 years ago, 10-Mar-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX)
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Hey AC, Very cool. It looks very Orthanc-y to me. What is the transparent piece near the top that encloses the phoenix? Bruce (21 years ago, 10-Mar-04, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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(...) Don't be too worried about it! Muskets were available last year... and they're back this year with the larger scale 4Junior pirates. Cheers Richie Dulin (URL) (21 years ago, 10-Mar-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.pirates, FTX)
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(...) Your pikes are scarcely more than toothpicks! You can't triple rank pikes that short! ;-) The (URL) Pikes of Doom> would have impaled your second rank, before you had so much as scratched the PoD's front rank! (Plus they're already proven on (...) (21 years ago, 10-Mar-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.pirates, FTX)
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(...) Oh no! Two men comparing length... ;-) Inasmuch as these are for wargaming, lowered pikes just get in the way and upright longer pikes just make storage harder. Though truth to tell, it was more a function of having 32 light-sabres available. (...) (21 years ago, 11-Mar-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.pirates, FTX)
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(...) Thanks Bruce! It does have that look and it was more coincidence rather than intentional. That piece comes from the Duplo egg from years back which I've also used in a couple of MOCs. ACPin & Sons (21 years ago, 11-Mar-04, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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| | It's autumn at Halcyon Castle
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It's fall now in Ikros. The leaves are turning and the fields are being reaped. Queen Alyia has just overseen final construction of the new castle at Lake Halcyon. During her father Ulmerad's rule over Ikros, the original Halcyon Castle was (...) (21 years ago, 11-Mar-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, lugnet.org.us.texlug, FTX) !!
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(...) That is an amazing MOC. The castle is amazing, the village is amazing, it's all amazing. Well done. I really enjoyed looking at all the pictures. I really like how you did the terrain too. Lots of wonderful MOC's in the village, and lots of (...) (21 years ago, 12-Mar-04, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Anthony, Wonderful as usual, it pains me that I can't see this in person and spend a few hours really appreciating the details. An Aggie, huh? I was just in Houston, and a friend was talking about the Aggie Mafia and how it helps. Thanks, (...) (21 years ago, 12-Mar-04, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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Snippage (...) Wow. Fantastic detail. I love that the buildings are set at different angles and I love the "chicks" :0). The stable in particular caught my attention. Very nice. All in all a great build!! Mike (21 years ago, 12-Mar-04, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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| | A CCC House
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Hi all, For those who don't already know me, I'm Orion Pobursky. I run the LDraw website. When I came out of my Dark Ages 5 years ago, being a computer geek, I immediately found LDraw. Ever since then I been buying LEGO but I focused my ability (...) (21 years ago, 12-Mar-04, to lugnet.castle)
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